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POVERTY IN. INDIA. Extent Poverty in India. India is a nation of over 300 million poor people, which is the worlds largest number of poor people . Lack of food and water. Poverty is increasing by 8 million a year. 456 million live on less than $1.25 a day.

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INDIA

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  1. POVERTY IN INDIA

  2. Extent Poverty in India • India is a nation of over 300 million poor people, which is the worlds largest number of poor people. • Lack of food and water. • Poverty is increasing by 8 million a year. • 456 million live on less than $1.25 a day. • 41.6% of the total population falls below • the international poverty line.

  3. Life expectancy for male (60 years) • Life expectancy for women (50-55 years) • 31% of infants are born with low birth-weight • One out of two children between the ages of 6 and 14 has no access to primary education. • 500,000 children are forced into this commercial sex trade every year.

  4. Causes • High population growth rate • Illiteracy • Ignorance • Unemployment • Caste based politics • Discrimination • Large families

  5. These are some of the Programs/strategies that have been put in place in an attempt to alleviate poverty • The targeted public distribution system (TPDS) • Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM) • Development of Women and children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) • Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

  6. GLOBAL ACTORS

  7. Work that needs to be further done to eliminate poverty • Shelter • Reasonable amount of food and water for each person • Doctors located close by to rural areas • Better facilities at school.

  8. Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84-Qz4vFVHs&feature=player_embedded

  9. Bibliography • http://www.undp.org.in/whatwedo/crisis_prevention_and_recovery • http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/INDIAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21493265~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:295584,00.html • http://www.the-nri.com/index.php/2010/09/celebrity-interview-aam-aadmi-part-ii/ • http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/EXTSAREGTOPAGRI/0,,contentMDK:20273764~menuPK:548214~pagePK:34004173~piPK:34003707~theSitePK:452766,00.html

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